Dr.B.Karthik Navayan

The researchers on caste are going to SC colonies to study caste. Pagal. Go to Brahmin and Savarna gated communities to study and understand caste. There is no caste in SC colonies to study and understand. Caste is with Brahmin Savarnas

Deepali (Dipali) Salve and Rahul Sonpimple are Ambedkarite activists leading protests and a broader campaign demanding justice in the case of Sahil Wakode Who is Sahil Wakode? Sahil Wakode was a second-year BTech student in the Energy Science and Engineering department at IIT Bombay. He was found dead by suicide in his hostel room on 18 September 2026. His parents alleged caste-based harassment and discrimination (particularly involving Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, and in some reports also involving another faculty member). Police registered a case of abetment of suicide along with provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The Mumbai Crime Branch is investigating. Activists and the family describe the death as an “institutional murder” linked to caste discrimination on campus. Protests, hunger strikes by the parents, and demands for an independent probe, accountability, and action against the accused professor have continued since then.​ Who is Deepali Salve? Ambedkarite activist and PhD scholar at the University of Mumbai. Maharashtra General Secretary of the All India Independent Scheduled Castes Association (AIISCA). Director of the Savitribai Phule Resource Centre (SRC). Comes from Anand Nagar, a Dalit-dominated slum in Chembur, Mumbai. Her father is an auto-rickshaw driver and her mother works as a sanitation worker (associated with Stree Mukti Sanghatana). She has been at the forefront of the protests for Sahil Wakode organizing and leading marches (including at IIT Bombay gates, Azad Maidan, and Chaityabhoomi), supporting the parents’ hunger strike, and publicly framing the case as caste-based institutional violence. Mumbai Police have detained her or placed her under house arrest multiple times during these protests (including ahead of a candle march at Chaityabhoomi).​ Who is Rahul Sonpimple? Founder and National President of AIISCA. Former leader associated with the Birsa Ambedkar Phule Student Association (JNU). Works closely with Deepali Salve. He has publicly narrated her background and their joint organizational work. Actively involved in the same protests, hunger-strike support, meetings with politicians, and public statements demanding justice, an independent investigation, and action against alleged caste discrimination at IIT Bombay. He has also been detained during the protests.​ Mumbaimirror The movement they are leading Through AIISCA they have organized and led the sustained public campaign for justice in Sahil Wakode’s case. This includes: Protests and marches at IIT Bombay, Azad Maidan, and Chaityabhoomi (a site of major significance for the Ambedkarite/Dalit community). Support for the parents’ hunger strike. Demands for a fair, independent, time-bound investigation; accountability of the accused professor(s) and the institute; and broader measures against caste discrimination in higher education institutions. Framing the issue as systemic caste violence rather than an isolated suicide. They are not mainstream political party leaders but independent Ambedkarite organizers focusing on Dalit/Scheduled Caste issues, education access for marginalized students, and anti-caste struggles. Their role became particularly visible in the weeks after Sahil Wakode’s death as they coordinated ground-level mobilization, social-media outreach, and public pressure. In short: Deepali Salve and Rahul Sonpimple are the key Ambedkarite faces currently driving the public movement seeking justice for Sahil Wakode and highlighting alleged caste discrimination at IIT Bombay.